Inspections, warnings, and compliance: the case of petroleum storage regulation

Inspections, warnings, and compliance: the case of petroleum storage regulation

Enforcement

Environmental regulation

Petroleum storage

This paper examines the use of inspections and warnings to enforce environmental regulations. An empirical model of petroleum storage inventory reconciliation regulations is developed based on a state-dependent penalty system. I estimate a two-stage probit model on a dataset of inspections and warnings at petroleum storage sites in the province of Manitoba, Canada between 1983 and 1998. The results suggest that, even in the absence of frequent prosecutions, inspections deter future violations but that this effect is small.

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Eckert, Heather

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

2004

journalArticle

0095-0696

10.1016/S0095-0696(03)00079-2

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0095069603000792